Gibbs Smith, September 2016. Hardcover. "I don't want a restaurant where a jazz band can't come marching through." Meet Ella Brennan: mother, mentor, blunt-talking fireball, and matriarch of a New Orleans restaurant empire, famous for bringing national attention to Creole cuisine. In this candid autobiography, she shares her life. From... More

The University of North Carolina Press, February 2017. Hardcover. James Beard award-winning author Adrian Miller vividly tells the stories of the African Americans who worked in the presidential food service as chefs, personal cooks, butlers, stewards, and servers for every First Family since George and Martha Washington. Miller brings together... More

Clarkson Potter, April 2015. First Edition. Hardcover. In this sweet, petite collection of essays and recipes, Alice Waters showcases the simple building-block ingredients she uses to create gratifying, impromptu meals all year long. In her most intimate and compelling cookbook yet, Alice invites readers to step not into the kitchen... More

Ballantine Books, September 2016. First Edition. Hardcover. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - My name is Alton Brown, and I wrote this book. It's my first in a few years because I've been a little busy with TV stuff and interwebs stuff and live stage show stuff. Sure, I've been cooking... More

Free Press, November 2011. Hardcover. Buddy Valastro, the star of TLC's smash hit Cake Boss shares everything a home cook needs to know about baking as he takes readers through the same progressive training he had in his own apprenticeship. Call it the Buddy system, because Baking with the Cake... More

Little, Brown and Company, September 2017. Hardcover. Christopher Kimball, one of Epicurious' 100 Greatest Home Cooks of All Time, teaches a simple, bold, and healthy new way to cook. "We want to change the way you cook." For more than twenty-five years, Christopher Kimball has promised home cooks that his... More

The University of North Carolina Press, September 2017. Hardcover. While the hindquarters of swine have been preserved in salt the world over for thousands of years, there are only a few places on earth where ham is as celebrated or integral to the cuisine as it is in the American... More

University Of Chicago Press, October 2017. Hardcover. He presided over Virginia's great political barbeques for the last half of the nineteenth century, taught the young Prince of Wales to crave mint juleps in 1859, catered to Virginia's mountain spas, and fed two generations of Richmond epicures with terrapin and turkey... More

Knopf, October 2017. First Edition. Hardcover. Deb Perelman, award-winning blogger and New York Times best-selling author of The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook, understands that a happy discovery in the kitchen has the ability to completely change the course of your day. Whether we're cooking for ourselves, for a date night in... More

University of Texas Press, September 2010. Hardcover. No one has done more to introduce the world to the authentic, flavorful cuisines of Mexico than Diana Kennedy. Acclaimed as the Julia Child of Mexican cooking, Kennedy has been an intrepid, indefatigable student of Mexican foodways for more than fifty years and... More

Gibbs Smith, November 2011. Hardcover. Winner of the 2013 James Beard Award for American Cooking! "Southern cooking is the Mother Cuisine of America." --Nathalie Dupree Through more than 600 recipes and hundreds of step-by-step photographs, Dupree and Graubart make it easy to learn the techniques for creating the South's fabulous... More

Chelsea Green Publishing, July 2012. Paper Back. There is no despair in a seed. There's only life, waiting for the right conditions-sun and water, warmth and soil-to be set free. Everyday, millions upon millions of seeds lift their two green wings. At no time in our history have Americans been... More

ILR Press, February 2013. First Edition. Hardcover. "Sustainability is about contributing to a society that everybody benefits from, not just going organic because you don't want to die from cancer or have a difficult pregnancy. What is a sustainable restaurant? It's one in which as the restaurant grows, the people... More

Pelican Publishing Company, Inc. January 2017. First Edition. Hardcover. Southern-born Jennifer Hill Booker traveled to Paris to study French cooking at Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts only to realize that rustic French and Southern dishes use many of the same ingredients. Using this as the basis for culinary... More

Putnam Pub Group, June 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. Acclaimed food writer and cultural historian John T. Edge continues his sumptuous feast of a series on iconic American foods-with recipes included. With "Fried Chicken" and "Apple Pie," John T. Edge launched a series of short books that celebrate American culture through... More

Flatiron Books, October 2016. Hardcover. The vibrant flavors of Spain brought into the American home kitchen by a young lauded chef and founder of one of America's most acclaimed new restaurants Katie Button debuts her first cookbook ever as a peek inside the kitchen of her award-winning restaurant, Curate. This... More

Clarkson Potter, October 2017. Hardcover. From one of the most exciting young chefs in America today, a cookbook with more than 80 recipes that celebrate impeccable technique and bridge her Korean heritage, Michigan upbringing, Boston cooking years, and more. Kish won legions of fans, first by helming two of Barbara... More

LSU Press, September 2017. First Edition. Hardcover. Fonville Winans achieved fame with his crisp black-and- white photographs of midcentury Louisiana life, capturing indelible images of Depression-era Cajuns on Grand Isle, brides and socialites around Baton Rouge, and an array of (sometimes notorious) politicians and public figures. But many locals also... More

Rux Martin/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, May 2017. Hardcover. Signature recipes and wisdom from the country's foremost pitmaster Mike Mills and Amy Mills, the dynamic father-daughter duo behind the famous 17th Street Barbecue, are two of the most influential people in barbecue. Known as "The Legend," Mike is a Barbecue Hall-of-Famer, a.... More

Clarkson Potter, September 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Returning to the rich culinary heritage that made her New Southern Cooking a breakthrough success, Nathalie Dupree looks at the customs and historical influences that have shaped the way southerners eat today. The more than 150 recipes are thoroughly updated for contemporary kitchens... More

Storey Publishing, LLC, December 2016. Paper Back. Coconut is healthy and delicious. It is also native to cuisines around the world, including Thai, Indian, Filipino, Vietnamese, and many Caribbean cultures. Cooking with Coconut offers a tantalizing taste of this tropical superfood's culinary diversity, with 125 original recipes using coconut in... More

Book Publishing Co. April 2010. Paper Back. Robert Cheeke has been at the forefront in ushering in a different way to fuel and nourish bodybuilders in an industry riddled with animal-derived body-enhancing supplements. One of the most prominent figures in vegan bodybuilding, his advice on diet, training, and other facets... More